Birds in Monaghan
Our list for Monaghan has 64 bird species recorded regularly there: 27 residents, 14 passage migrants and 23 scarce visitors
The list comes from 1,553 birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.
Fewer birdwatchers' records come from Monaghan than from better-watched areas, so this list is less complete. For a fuller picture, see the list for Ulster.
- Species on our list
- 64
- In November
- 0
- Common
- 64
- Busiest month
- Mar
Near you this week
The birds most likely around your town or postcode right now, from the same records, for a square about 9 km across.
The bird calendar for Monaghan
Month by monthWhen each bird is around, through the year. The darker the square, the closer that month is to the bird’s busiest. Filter by summer or winter visitors to see the seasons turn over.
| Bird | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tufted Duck | ||||||||||||
| European Robin | ||||||||||||
| Blackbird | ||||||||||||
| Woodpigeon | ||||||||||||
| Chaffinch | ||||||||||||
| Eurasian Wren | ||||||||||||
| Rook | ||||||||||||
| Mallard | ||||||||||||
| Mute Swan | ||||||||||||
| Jackdaw | ||||||||||||
| Northern Lapwing | ||||||||||||
| Hooded Crow | ||||||||||||
| Great Crested Grebe | ||||||||||||
| Blue Tit | ||||||||||||
| Great Tit | ||||||||||||
| Moorhen | ||||||||||||
| Barn Swallow | ||||||||||||
| Buzzard | ||||||||||||
| Magpie | ||||||||||||
| Pochard | ||||||||||||
| Eurasian Wigeon | ||||||||||||
| Song Thrush | ||||||||||||
| Coot | ||||||||||||
| Cuckoo | ||||||||||||
| Goldcrest | ||||||||||||
| Mistle Thrush | ||||||||||||
| Common Redpoll | ||||||||||||
| Dunnock | ||||||||||||
| Willow Warbler | ||||||||||||
| Gadwall |
The year in Monaghan
Records by month| January | 238 |
|---|---|
| February | 46 |
| March | 325 |
| April | 175 |
| May | 246 |
| June | 132 |
| July | 36 |
| August | 32 |
| September | 126 |
| October | 129 |
| November | 16 |
| December | 52 |
March has the most records (325). Records follow birdwatchers as well as birds: a busy month means more people out looking, as well as more birds passing through.
By family
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All 64 birds, A to Z
- Barn Swallow
- Blackbird
- Blackcap
- Blue Tit
- Bullfinch
- Buzzard
- Carrion Crow
- Chaffinch
- Chiffchaff
- Coal Tit
- Common Pheasant
- Common Raven
- Common Redpoll
- Common Starling
- Common Swift
- Coot
- Cuckoo
- Dunnock
- Eurasian Collared Dove
- Eurasian Jay
- Eurasian Siskin
- Eurasian Teal
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Eurasian Wren
Show all 64 birds
- European Goldfinch
- European Herring Gull
- European Robin
- Fieldfare
- Gadwall
- Goldcrest
- Great Cormorant
- Great Crested Grebe
- Great Spotted Woodpecker
- Great Tit
- Greenfinch
- Grey Heron
- Hen Harrier
- Hooded Crow
- House Martin
- House Sparrow
- Jackdaw
- Kestrel
- Little Grebe
- Long-tailed Tit
- Magpie
- Mallard
- Meadow Pipit
- Mistle Thrush
- Moorhen
- Mute Swan
- Northern Lapwing
- Pied Wagtail
- Pochard
- Redwing
- Reed Bunting
- Rook
- Sand Martin
- Song Thrush
- Sparrowhawk
- Treecreeper
- Tufted Duck
- Whooper Swan
- Willow Warbler
- Woodpigeon
Questions
2How many birds are on Birdfact's list for Monaghan?
64 species, each recorded regularly in Monaghan (in at least 3 of the 6 years 2019–2024): 27 residents, 14 passage migrants and 23 scarce visitors. The list includes only birds with a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur in Monaghan, and rarer vagrants are not listed.
What are the most common birds in Monaghan?
Of the birds on our list, the ones birdwatchers record most often in Monaghan are Tufted Duck, Pochard, Barn Swallow, Blackbird and Hooded Crow.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made